The Whitecourt Trailblazers held their final snowmobiling event of the season that involved multiple communities and lasted two days from March 3 to 4.

The Golden Triangle Adventure is a long-distance event of 350 kilometres between Whitecourt, Fox Creek and Swan Hills.

Cindy Brooks, executive assistant with the Trailblazers, explained that while the Annual Family Snowmobile Rally was for casual snowmobilers, the Golden Triangle Adventure is targeted towards more serious snowmobilers due to the length of the ride.

"We've been planning this few years and looking forward to making it happen," Brooks said. "Hopefully, we go forward and have a (Golden Triangle) rally every year."

The Golden Triangle contains winding trails, numerous hills, boreal forests and other types of terrain. The snowmobilers rode two lengths on Saturday and one length on Sunday, while staying overnight in one of the towns.

Each length was 115 kilometres and between two communities. The Trailblazers organized the event with the Northland Snow-Goers of Fox Creek and the Swan Hills Snow-Goers.

The Golden Triangle Adventure had been cancelled for the previous two years due to a lack of snow. Brooks described the snowfall as welcomed and the temperature as optimal but added that the decreased visibility could slow down the pace.

"We are going to be monitoring our group, making sure that nobody's taking off," Brooks said. "Visibility will be lower than normal."

Leo Zelinski, founder of the Trailblazers, was in charge of emergency co-ordination for Whitecourt, which involved staying in contact with the other communities. He stated that Trailblazers had hosted the Golden Triangle since the early '90s, while the Trailblazers were established in 1979.

Zelinski stated that the Traiblazers began in order to protect an old bylaw that allows snowmobilers to ride within Whitecourt.

"Snowmobiles didn't have a good name at that time and if we didn't police ourselves then we would probably lose the bylaw and the privilege of riding in town," Zelinski said.

He added that the Town became more accepting of snowmobiling after seeing how much tourism it drew in. The Whitecourt area currently has the most snowmobile trails in Alberta.

The trails between Whitecourt, Fox Creek and Swan Hills has also been connected together into the Golden Triangle due to the increased demand for snowmobiling and to keep the boreal forests from being disturbed too much, Zelinksi said.

"If you give the people a place to ride, then they will ride there," he added.